TABLE LOOKUP MECHANISM FOR ADDRESS RESOLUTION IN A PACKET NETWORK SWITCH - Patent 1232612

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EP 1 232 612 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34

(21)	Application number: 00980263.8

(22)	Date of filing: 17.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/56, H04L 29/12, H04L 12/44

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0030/144

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0103/7495 (25.05.2001 Gazette 2001/21)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.11.1999 US 166225 P

(71)	Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
	Irvine,California 92619-7013 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MALALUR, Govind Fremont, CA 94536 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lind, Robert
	Marks & Clerk,4220 Nash Court,Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX2 6LU Oxford OX2 6LU (GB)

(54)	TABLE LOOKUP MECHANISM FOR ADDRESS RESOLUTION IN A PACKET NETWORK SWITCH